Healthy Eating Tip - Dining Out and Healthy Eating
by Cori
Sachais Swidorsky
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You don't have to cut dining out from your lifestyle because you are
eating healthier these days. If you know how to do it right, you can
still enjoy going out to dinner.
Many of us feel that when we are trying to lose weight or just trying
to keep up a healthy eating style, that we need to cut dining out of our
lives. Not true! We can enjoy dining out just as much as we
did before as long as we know how to do it.
When going to a restaurant, either call ahead to ask some of these
questions or ask your server if they
- Serve margarine instead of butter
- Provide fat free (skim) milk instead of whole milk or creamer
- Serve salad dressing on the side
- Cut off any visible fat from meat or poultry
- Grant special requests
Make your meal selection based on how the food is prepared. Here
are some healthy choices:
- Steamed
- Broiled
- Baked
- Poached
- Roasted
- Garden Fresh
Try to avoid ordering any appetizers and try not to grab for
bread. You can even ask your server to not bother bringing bread to
the table. Going out to dinner is usually a treat to ourselves, so
if you want to splurge a little, have a half a piece of bread or
order half of an appetizer to split with the others you are dining
with. Same with desserts, share a dessert and only have one or
two tastes.
Don’t skip those going out to dinner plans, just make healthier
choices. For more articles on healthy eating go to http://www.informingwomen.com/Healthy_Eating.html
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Reside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Work at home mom/stay at home
mom. Owner of the Informing Women Newsletter and website
http://www.informingwomen.com Write an advice column for
a community newsletter, have an inspirational piece being published in
Chicken Soup For The Recovering Soul, and have articles published on many
work at home, home based business, tips and hints, and parenting
websites.
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